Laurel Papworth

JANUARY 14, 2010

I reported them to the ACCC – remember “free&# mobile phone fiasco and resultant fines? I know that travel consumers booking via my hotel website i.e. direct customers are more loyal, bring more revenue and tend to travel more often. Engage your customers directly via social media and mobile initiatives, and Web 2.0

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Hotels Tourism Travel Social Media 85

Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

According to Jeremy Williams , social media director for the Indiana Office of Tourism Development (and my boss when I do travel writing for IOTD), blog posts with photos get more traffic than blog posts without. Photos: Having just bashed photos as nonessential, I will still say that they’re powerful and important.

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Bare Feet Studios

APRIL 30, 2010

Many Choices for Online Video Live Stream : via mobile phone or computer. You can follow and connect with Shane on Twitter , LinkedIn , Flickr , The Reef , Viddler , Facebook , Upcoming , and at his neglected blog. In other words, follow the money. The growth in video being watched online is outpacing other content consumption.

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 6, 2008

I edited the ID3 tags in iTunes and added a graphic to travel with the iPod version. Viddler.com – great for building communities and groups, embedded comments travel with the episodes; developing B2B features and services You can also do web cam recording right in to the browser at Viddler too.

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Overview Video Viddler Conference 40

Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

It’s also known as Pay-Per-Post , and traditional “fam trips&# for travel bloggers also fall into this category. One of the better known cases was “Janet&# who created a Twitter profile for Exxon Mobile. Brand Jacking – This is when an unauthorized person or persons pose as a someone or something they are not.

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Social Media Astroturfing Wikipedia Upcoming 80

Bare Feet Studios

JULY 2, 2008

The Case of the Cancelled Flight Shane and I were booked to travel from DTW to ORD to LAX to HNL on Sunday, June 29th. Consider direct costs as well as labor costs for all the face-to-face interactions that were required to handle each of the interrupted travelers. Providing water or a few chairs? That’s basic humanity.

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